Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh) | A Sultanpur court has sentenced Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh and five others, including former Samajwadi Party MLA Anoop Sanda to three months in prison. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 1,500 each on them. The MP-MLA court pronounced the judgment in a 21-year-old case that was registered on […]
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Shelly Oberoi is AAP’s Delhi Mayor candidate
New Delhi | Weeks after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) election, the party on Friday announced candidates for the mayor and deputy mayor posts. Shelly Oberoi, councillor from ward No. 86 of Patel Nagar constituency, has been named as the mayoral candidate, and Aale Mohammad Iqbal has been […]
AAP looks poised to sweep MCD elections
New Delhi | The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is all set to sweep the civic polls held in Delhi on December 4, and end BJP’s 15-year stronghold in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), as per the exit poll findings of different agencies released on Monday. According to India Today-Axis My India survey, in the 250-ward […]
Setback for AAP: Punjab and Haryana HC quashes FIRs against Tajinder Bagga, Kumar Vishwas
Chandigarh | In a major reprieve to Delhi-based BJP leader Tejinder Singh Bagga, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday quashed an FIR against him, asserting the continuation of criminal proceedings would amount to an abuse of the process of law. Also the same court quashed the FIR in a separate case against former Aam […]
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann deplaned in Frankfurt as he was ‘too drunk to walk’, AAP refutes claims
Chandigarh | Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was deplaned in Frankfurt for Delhi-bound Lufthansa flight as he was “too drunk to walk”. As per media reports, Mann, who was on a trip to Germany from September 11-18, delayed his departure as he was reportedly in ‘an inebriated state’. However, his party, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), has […]
BJP’s ‘Operation Lotus’ fails in Delhi: AAP
New Delhi | The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday said that the BJP’s ‘Operation Lotus’ has failed in Delhi. Addressing reporters after a meeting at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence earlier in the day, AAP spokesman Saurabh Bharadwaj said that “all AAP MLAs are in our contact and the Delhi government is completely stable without […]
It will be BJP vs AAP in 2024 general elections, claims Manish Sisodia
New Delhi | Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday claimed that the 2024 general elections will see a direct contest between the BJP and AAP. The election will be held between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Delhi Chief Minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, Sisodia claimed addressing mediapersons. After the Punjab assembly election, Kejriwal […]
10 legislators take oath in Punjab’s first AAP Cabinet
Chandigarh | Ten legislators, comprising eight greenhorns, on Saturday took oath in the first Cabinet formation by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab led by Bhagwant Mann at a swearing-in ceremony here. The ministers include one woman, four Scheduled Castes (SCs) and two Hindus. There are a total of 18 berths in the Cabinet, including […]
Delhi HC junks plea seeking probe into alleged Khalistani links of AAP, Kejriwal
New Delhi | The Delhi High Court on Tuesday rejected a plea seeking probe against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its national convenor Arvind Kejriwal alleging that they have links with a banned Khalistani organisation named Sikhs For Justice (SFJ). A Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla rejected the Public […]
‘With 70 seats, AAP may come to power in Punjab’
New Delhi | The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) may come to power in Punjab with a massive majority, according to a survey conducted by the Centre for Global Studies, University of Delhi. The survey projected 70 seats for AAP in the 117-member state Assembly, while the ruling Congress may not even get half of what AAP […]